Paper claims eTrucks with range of 800 km need batteries heavier than the allowed weight for truck+load in the EU today.
That's ~10x too much.
Quick takedown thread.
Here's the quote I'm reacting to.
(I've not dissected the rest of the paper.)
Let me calculate for you why this is bollox.
How big is a battery for 800km?
I had a couple of master students study the issue and we concluded that with aero fairings and low rolling resistance tires, the average energy use per km would be close to 1.3 kWh/km.
Of course we are not there yet so I'm glad the the EU added an allowance of 2000 kg to zero emission trucks.
By the way: trucks are usually volume constrained (the container is full) and not weight constrained (the container is too heavy) which is why hydrogen has a problem.
Before I wrap up: I agree with the writers that we should limit our resource use and that our amount of travel and how we travel is wasteful.
But I am sick and tired of degrowth proponents that bend the facts in order for their dogma to become truth. That doesn't solve anything.
Conclusion: well designed modern low emission heavy eTrucks with 800 km of range are less than 2 tonnes (5%) heavier than diesel equivalents.
They will become LIGHTER around 2025-2030.
Don't let any degrowth proponent using heavily outdated literature tell you otherwise.
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I have a love-hate relationship with the @guardian.
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I recently contributed to an impeccably researched series.
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Last year they did a hit piece on EVs, again using the material use angle, that cited figures a 1000x too large!
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Just saw a fascinating webinar and you should too if geothermal interests you.
It explains how techniques from fracking are creating a game-changer in the last few years that can reduce the cost of energy systems without fossil fuels.
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The webinar by prof. Roland Horne from @Stanford is about Enhanced Geothermal Systems or EGS that he defines as using fracking to make the area between the infusion and extraction well permeable for water.
He focuses on @fervoenergy, a company founded by two @Stanford alumni (one from his program) that has for the first time in history used the horizontal boring technique from fracking in geothermal.
This eviscerates the last credibility of @Toyota regarding EVs.
They (esp. Gill Pratt) have been pushing the story we should buy their hybrids instead of full EVs because lithium batteries are and will stay the bottleneck